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thenceforth taught as history and prin-
ciples Of republican government.

thenceforth taught as history and prin-
ciples Of republican government.
The general reader who is not ac-
qainted with the facts I have attempted
to illustrate, will perhaps tell me that
so paipable an imposition as the one /
supposed above would be impossible.
But let him examine the attitude Of the
prohibition party, or rather Of the back
bone Of that party, the w. @. I. q.
toward our public school system, and
he will perceive that the supposed case
is not an imaginary one. temperance
means moderation y ;;3intemperance, the
want Of moderation. By artfully
stretching the meaning Of the term
temperance, the advocates Of total abb j
stinence and prohibition have been
somewhat successful in producing the .
impression that they are the temper
ance people pan. ercellence and that
there is no mean between intemperance
and the temperance Of their adoption.
''Repub ublicans' E might justas well claim
that principles contrary to those Of their
party are unrepublican. This silly
play upon words cannot mislead al
thoughtful teacher. Nobody can and
nobody will object to instruction in re-
publican principles and the principles
of temperance in the original sense Of
the term; and nobody who has any
sense Of honor can sanction such an
imposition as that of making our pub
lie school system, under the cover of
these terms, a recruiting station of the
republican or the prohibition party.
In the Hypothetical case outlined
above, / have pointed out the methods
pursued by the national executive COM
mittee of the w. G. T. u. in obtaining
the scientific facts which publishers
were asked to embody in their text
books on physiology and hygiene. No
writer was considered an authority on
the subject who did not attempt to
prove tnat morality and healthiness
are SYNONYMOUS with total abstinence;
and every M. D. who was found will
ing to subscribe his name to the facts
desired, was thenceforth quoted as q
scientific authority. DR.. Richardson's
work on ''Alcohol and the State and
Dr.. Hargreaves's .'Olr Wasted Re
source" I" were thus enrolled among the.
standard works on the subject. Both
works are, OF course, published by the
National Temperance Society. No per-
son whose mental discipline exceeds
that Of the average school-boy Of four
teen, can read DR.. Hargre8vesfs liter
ary effort without arriving at the con-.
clusion that its author, if honest, must
be on the verge Of insanity. Honest
temperance people have time and again
objected to his methods Of tampering
with statistics Prof Willis j. Beeche1,
himself an ardent advocate Of temper
ance, has exposed Hargreaves's fallac-
still these statistical enormities are
quoted as authoritative in textbooks,
and among State Supt. Kiehle's tenn
perance questions there is one which
undoubtedly calls for the inform alton
furnished by Dr.. Hargreayes.
More than two thousand years ago,
Aristotle was the exponent Of the entire
learning Of his age. Thirty years ago.,
Alexander Won Humboldt was an au-
thority in most branches Of natural
science. To-day neither a Humboldt
nor an Aristotle is possible. Scientific
investigators must nowadays be content
with being considered authorities on
Of science 10 which thew have made
valuable additions III means 80 orig;nal
investi cations 'Thn chemist p ss astenr s i
NOT an ant hority On chemistry. nor, on N
oroanic che misfrv bnt he Is ack nowi-
edged 40 an authority on fermantation
and those subjects 10 whose inyestiga.
ton he was led bv the study Of fermeen-
tation. Ionce heard . student ask 1he
late Dr. Webskv. the famons c,rvsta Hoo.
ran, ranhar ia az nine n him n minaralo.
gys B, Wehskv seemed ! little surprised
ssttbn rea,,est ] Stra;oyhtaniney Ii h;s hant no
form :, ~ he h ranliad '..Yan onahf "a know
that r.. 81 the =, last twenty Years of nv life
have how M heen % devoted eYcl - clnsivelv 10 i1vesti.
aat;ons @ = tho M roo IN If ~. loara nbv ,
have have saan - unable ] 10 Is Z Keen nm m s. nlher
danartn,ents of n,ineraloov and do not
consider - mvseif = com nete1r to examine